The great image says:Thunder up in Heaven: great vigor
The noble one will not tread a path without ritual

Thunder
Heaven

day 2 of a yin moon

God made man from clay. He blew life into him.

But man prefers to be a stone, so he bakes himself into
a brick, strong and invulnerable. Rigid and square, a foundation that
supports the building of mankind.

God never had a building in His mind, just life.

If man stays the life he essentially is, his
strength will be alive too, never rigid but able to cope with every
challenge.

DÀ
ZHUÀNG: The first character, dà (1) is a big man, meaning big. The second,
zhuàng (old way of writing it: 4), is composed of 'left half of a tree'
(bàn, 2), a plank, bed, stiff, strong. The other part of zhuang (3) is
a 'scholar' nowadays, but originally this character was a phallus or
maybe a weapon, and indicated any impressive man: warrior, officer and
such.
If the left tree-half is written reversed then it is the right tree-half
piàn, and it means a slice of wood. It might be they were originally
not mirror images. This left half was a mould for making bricks, and the
'scholar' was earth, which is written almost the same. But this is not
certain, and the phallus fits very well in the meaning of this hexagram.
DÀ
ZHUÀNG: robust, magnificent; majestic; strong; sturdy, in the prime of life, make better/stronger,
member of the Zhuang people. Photo
of the moon: Michael Myers www.netaxs.com/~mhmyers

9
at 3: Small
people use vigor. The noble man uses nets. Determination: danger.The he-goat butts a hedge, entangles its horns.To acquire or accomplish something, one has to make
all the preparations and then take a strategic position. No further
action is necessary if one casts one’s net in the right way and the
right place. The sage wishes only what comes swimming in his net.
(Changes to hex.54)

Above
6: The he-goat butts a fence. Not able to retreat,
not able to push through. No ground for harvest. Hardship is as a rule
auspicious.One needs difficulties in order to gather experience.
Learning the hard way is usually the one which makes most impression.
One has to measure one’s strength, control one's courage or self-will,
judge a position. Hardship is necessary to build up character.
(Changes to hex.14)

If
one has power inside, one has no need of proving it. Having power is not
a matter of exerting it, but of being it. The strength to make your own mind
true and positive in all circumstances is a greater power than having power
over someone or something else.
(Changes to hex.55)

Not everything can be prevented. Sometimes something
is at the wrong moment at the wrong spot. Don’t fuss too much over it,
one cannot bring life to perfection. Sometimes one has to take risks,
other times one has to accept.
(Changes to hex.43)

Initial
9 : Vigor in the toes. A rectifying expedition: pitfall. Inspire confidence.Doing
things right is man-made and like all human structures it has the
inherent danger of getting out of control. Some aspects are
uncontrollable, others so much controlled that they will run wild some
day.
Be true to yourself and others, then your strength will be exactly right, never too much, too
rigid or too restricted.(Changes
to hex.32)

9
at 4: Determination
auspicious.
Regrets disappear.
The fence breaks open, no entanglement. The vigor of a big cart's axle.

Sparingly used power brings the greatest results.
Forcing a matter will mess up things and waste forces. Use whatever
possibility presents itself, use levers, pull strings, get a hammer
instead of using your fist. There are many ways of making a big power
from a little force.
(Changes to hex.11)

The Sabian
Symbols for the hexagram-lines

9
at 3 corresponds to c 2: A large white cross
upraisedJust to remind you how much
canbe accomplished without
using power

Above
6 corresponds to i
2: A squirrel hiding from
hunters

9
at 2 corresponds to a 2: A man suspended over a vast level
placeNot choosing a stand or a
limited space is power without limits.

6
at 5 corresponds to g 2: Three stained-glass windows, one damaged by
bombardment